[newbie] OpenOffice Beta 2 Installation Mandrake 10.1

2005-04-09 Thread SOTL
Hi All HELP! I am attempting to install Open Office Beta 2 m02 on a Mandrake 10.1 system and I have a few questions as I do not understand the installation instructions. A copy of the installation instruction along with my questions follows. Hope some one can help. Thanks Frank

Re: [newbie] amule, eMule, and xmule

2005-04-02 Thread SOTL
I took a look at the websites but I do not understand what the major difference between amule, emule, and xmule? Particularly as concerning application. Would anyone care to enlighten Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread SOTL
Hi All Over the weekend I lost my 3rd HD using MC under Mandrake 10.1 in 2 different computers. In each case MC was being used to search or move a directory that had over 100 data files with over 2 GB of data. In the last instance Saturday morning I was transferring a directory with over 5

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread SOTL
On Monday 28 March 2005 11:15, Duncan Anderson wrote: SOTL wrote: Hi All Over the weekend I lost my 3rd HD using MC under Mandrake 10.1 in 2 different computers. In each case MC was being used to search or move a directory that had over 100 data files with over 2 GB of data

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread SOTL
On Monday 28 March 2005 12:30, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SOTL wrote: Hi All Over the weekend I lost my 3rd HD using MC under Mandrake 10.1 in 2 different computers. In each case MC was being used to search or move a directory that had over 100 data files with over 2 GB of data

Re: [newbie] HD Failure

2005-03-28 Thread SOTL
On Monday 28 March 2005 14:12, Duncan Anderson wrote: SOTL wrote: You missed the point. I was doing NOTHING with the root file system. I was simply coping data files [5 gb worth] from one directory to another. OK. I misunderstood. Were the two directories on the same hard disk or what

[newbie] KOrganizer Busy/Free

2005-03-25 Thread SOTL
Hi All Little bit by little bit I am beginning to make an operational system so many thanks to all who have provides such excellent advise. To refresh everybody I have 2 Mandrake 10.1 systems networked in a LAN with internet access through a router. The desktop system I built using an MSI

Re: [newbie] K Mail question

2005-03-24 Thread SOTL
On Wednesday 23 March 2005 23:35, Aron Smith wrote: k Mail is opening ok but when you shut it down there is a pop under that tells you KDEInit could not launch kontact-kmail.sh OK so whats wrong? You open Kmail by opening Kmail. You did not open Kmail by opening Kcontact first. If you do

Re: [newbie] MySQL File Location

2005-03-22 Thread SOTL
del Hi All Derek and Mikkel Thanks for the information. Derek sorry I did not mean to be insulting. I simply do not understand and am very happy for your help which I thank you very much for. I have checked I do not have a file called S90MySQL in any location. I especially checked that it

[newbie] KDE - KOrganizer - Free/Busy

2005-03-21 Thread SOTL
Hi All Does anyone have any idea of how to set up KOrganizer Free/Busy Where the setup ask for Server Information what server should be entered? Same for User Name and Password. Is the following correct? Server Information: mail.ISP.net User Name: Login Name to e-mail Password: email Password

Re: [newbie] Useful URL for newbies

2005-03-21 Thread SOTL
On Monday 21 March 2005 09:08, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: The CLI is not something to be feared. cheers Duncan Is that not so ? I read somewhere about a command that could wipe out your whole system if done as

[newbie] MySQL DB Connection to Open Office

2005-03-19 Thread SOTL
Hi All Well I have ascertained that the principal reason that I am unable to connect to a DB using OO is that Java is not installed in OO. Java is installed on the computer but the OO-1.9 installation did not recognize this so now the first issue is how does one install Java into OO. Since

[newbie] DNS Name Server Issues

2005-03-18 Thread SOTL
Hi All As some of you are aware by now I am trying to network 2 computers by use of a wireless 'my router' which is connected to a wireless bridge which gets it signal from wireless bridge [located in an office across the street] which gets it input from another router [or did before system

[newbie] MySQL File Location

2005-03-15 Thread SOTL
Hi All I have created a partition on one of my computer to store critical system data files called /mnt/System_Data. I am trying to configure MySQL so that it will use /mnt/System_Data as its default file storage. I looked for /etc/my.cnf; found I did not have one so I generated one. My

Re: [newbie] MySQL File Location

2005-03-15 Thread SOTL
On Tuesday 15 March 2005 11:21, Derek Jennings wrote: On Tuesday 15 March 2005 14:42, SOTL wrote: Hi All I have created a partition on one of my computer to store critical system data files called /mnt/System_Data. I am trying to configure MySQL so that it will use /mnt/System_Data

Re: [newbie] Kde desktop disappeared

2005-03-14 Thread SOTL
On Monday 14 March 2005 14:01, Michel Leunen wrote: Some weeks ago, I lost Konqueror and had to reinstall the whole KDE. Now, it's the KDE desktop which disappeared suddenly when trying to log in. The desktop just doesn't show up. No taskbar, no panel, no desktop and no icons and I have to

[newbie] Permissions

2005-03-13 Thread SOTL
Hi All Little bit by little bit this system is beginning to work. As some of you may recall I set this box up with a data storage partation of /mnt/System_Data. From a operation perspective I have found that using a separate partition for data is much safer than storing data under any Linux

Re: [newbie] Permissions

2005-03-13 Thread SOTL
On Sunday 13 March 2005 11:53, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 13 March 2005 15:46, SOTL wrote: Hi All Little bit by little bit this system is beginning to work. As some of you may recall I set this box up with a data storage partation of /mnt/System_Data. Partation is Linux ext2

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-03-08 Thread SOTL
On Monday 07 March 2005 19:05, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 07 March 2005 22:21, SOTL wrote: Hi All The good news is that I am able to connect from either of my computer to the other by fish. The bad fish news is that I do not understand how to log of fish's connection

Re: [newbie] Networking - OpenOffice

2005-03-08 Thread SOTL
Hi All Well the positive news is that I am able to connect the two computers and transfer files by fish even though I am unable to log off the computer I am SSH into without rebooting that computer so I have fish working with a slight issues. Next item on the Network agenda is to access the

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-03-07 Thread SOTL
Hi All The good news is that I am able to connect from either of my computer to the other by fish. The bad fish news is that I do not understand how to log of fish's connection to the other computer. Does anyone have any ideas of how to do this? Thanks Frank

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-03-07 Thread SOTL
Hi All The good news is that I am able to connect from either of my computer to the other by fish. The bad fish news is that I do not understand how to log of fish's connection to the other computer. Does anyone have any ideas of how to do this? Thanks Frank Spelling Correction The bad

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-03-02 Thread SOTL
On Sunday 27 February 2005 16:47, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SOTL wrote: Hi All Help ! Sorry for screaming but I do feel a bit better now. I added 1 computer to the network so now there are a total of 3 as follows: MSI with name of Reality_Check @ 192.168.2.7

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-02-28 Thread SOTL
may accidentally hit HD drawer. Which is apparently what happened. Thanks for all previous help. Frank On Sunday 27 February 2005 15:46, SOTL wrote: Hi All Help ! Sorry for screaming but I do feel a bit better now. I added 1 computer to the network so now there are a total

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-02-27 Thread SOTL
Hi All Help ! Sorry for screaming but I do feel a bit better now. I added 1 computer to the network so now there are a total of 3 as follows: MSI with name of Reality_Check @ 192.168.2.7 with Mandrake 10.1 HP with name Meatloaf_Night @ 192.168.2.9 with Mandrake 9.2 IBM with name

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-02-27 Thread SOTL
On Sunday 27 February 2005 16:47, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: SOTL wrote: Hi All Help ! Sorry for screaming but I do feel a bit better now. I added 1 computer to the network so now there are a total of 3 as follows: MSI with name of Reality_Check @ 192.168.2.7

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-02-25 Thread SOTL
On Thursday 24 February 2005 20:12, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 February 2005 00:17, SOTL wrote: Hi All As a user not a geek I have worked with and used Linux for some time but until recently I have not had the opportunity of using my computers on anything but dial up internet

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-02-25 Thread SOTL
On Friday 25 February 2005 08:28, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 February 2005 12:37, SOTL wrote: snip OK, So I imagine you are getting your IP addresses from your company DHCP server. If you look at the connection info in Mandrake Control Centre you should be able to see your IP addresses

Re: [newbie] Networking

2005-02-25 Thread SOTL
On Friday 25 February 2005 12:24, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 February 2005 15:58, SOTL wrote: SNIP I can NOT find kio_fish when I check for installed package or for packages that I have NOT installed yet. I am thus assuming that this package was not included with Mandrake 10.1

[newbie] Resumption of DSL Connection

2005-02-24 Thread SOTL
Hi All I have Mandrake 10.1 using an eathernet RJ45 DSL input. If I am connected to the internet and the RJ45 plug is unplugged and plugged back in I loose my Internet connect and the ability to reconnect to the internet. The only method I have found yet to restore an internet connection is

[newbie] Networking

2005-02-24 Thread SOTL
Hi All As a user not a geek I have worked with and used Linux for some time but until recently I have not had the opportunity of using my computers on anything but dial up internet connections. Currently I have that opportunity. I would purchase a book on networking except that I have several

Re: [newbie] MySQL

2005-02-18 Thread SOTL
On Thursday 17 February 2005 15:04, David G Stevenson wrote: Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: SOTL wrote: Hi All As some of you are aware I started last week trying to make a data base using MySQL. I that light I have a nice book, some book examples, and questions that are not answered

[newbie] MySQL

2005-02-16 Thread SOTL
Hi All As some of you are aware I started last week trying to make a data base using MySQL. I that light I have a nice book, some book examples, and questions that are not answered in the book. This computer is set up with all data located on a separate partition called

[newbie] Internet connection

2005-02-15 Thread SOTL
Hi All Have a new issue for the developers. I performed the following action: Physically connected computer to Internet by eathernet on RJ45 port, booted computer, browsed web, disconnected physicall eathernet at RJ45 to connect to hub, and lost internet connection ability. Attempted to

Re: [newbie] minicom

2005-02-15 Thread SOTL
On Tuesday 15 February 2005 13:45, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone suggest a simple route for downloading minicom suitable for use in ML 8.2. What I found left me wondering if I was looking at the right thing. I have little to no knowledge in linux. Would strongly suggest you

Re: [newbie] modem problem

2005-02-14 Thread SOTL
On Monday 14 February 2005 10:41, M.Schild wrote: I am actually writing this in linux using web email because can't get kmail/kontact going to send mail! Probably going to be a simple thing I know. I remember having that sort of problem too but cannot remember why. Not much help but it

[newbie] Data Base Help

2005-02-09 Thread SOTL
Hi All I have a problem with what I am trying to accomplish which begans with I have no idea of what I need to do technically to accomplish my objective so hence this posting. Basic objective is a data base of clients along with their address phone numbers, contact names, and preferences plus

Re: [newbie] SUSE Pro 9.2 vs. Mandrake 10.1

2005-01-25 Thread SOTL
On Monday 24 January 2005 10:39 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 24 January 2005 07:41 pm, SOTL wrote: On Monday 24 January 2005 06:31 pm, Andy Yankovich wrote: Please, do not assume this is apostasy. What are the main differences between SUSE Pro 9.2 and Mandrake 10.1? 9.2

Re: [newbie] SUSE Pro 9.2 vs. Mandrake 10.1

2005-01-24 Thread SOTL
On Monday 24 January 2005 06:31 pm, Andy Yankovich wrote: Please, do not assume this is apostasy. What are the main differences between SUSE Pro 9.2 and Mandrake 10.1? 9.2 is installable in thinkpads with out modification 10.1 is not 9.2 uses KDE 3.1 10.1 uses KDE 3.2 which has close x on tab

Re: [newbie] What happened to KWord and KSpread?

2005-01-22 Thread SOTL
On Saturday 22 January 2005 05:21 am, Anne Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 22 Jan 2005 00:36, Jerry Lapham wrote: In Mandrake 8.2, I was able to use both KWord and KSpread. They seem to be missing in 10.1. KDE Help Center shows blank pages for Word

Re: [newbie] Installing kbluetooth

2005-01-15 Thread SOTL
What does the label say on those CDs? If they are 10.1 Community Edition it may be worth upgrading. Since I am still using 9.2 I'll let others tell you how worthwhile it is. Be very careful upgrading from 9.X to 10.x. There is some hardware that 9.X will configure and 10.X will into spasms

[newbie] Newbie qmake configuration for Md 9.1

2003-07-26 Thread Frank Roberts - SOTL
Hi All If one desires to use compile Qt programs with Md 9.1 one should be aware that as usual a few files were left off the distribution CD. This time the one of the critical files is libqt.so. Attached is a newbie configuration that will compile the simple helloworld.cpp program from

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again...

2003-07-22 Thread Frank Roberts - SOTL
Hi All Every now and again emotions exceed politeness to such an extent that pasions are inflamed beyond tolerance. Oh well I guess that is why the linux gods created email filters. Lets see now. Open Settings Open Configure Filters Set Filter Apply Rudeness problem disappeared. Want to

Re: [newbie] Broken KDE

2003-07-20 Thread Frank Roberts - SOTL
On Saturday 19 July 2003 19:30, drew wrote: Hello All, I've broken KDE somehow,I've lost the ability to install RPM's from it.Everything works OK in Gnome. Has anyone got any idea how to fix it? Drew Which distribution are you using? Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] MS is at it again...

2003-07-20 Thread Frank Roberts - SOTL
On Sunday 20 July 2003 20:40, Erylon Hines wrote: I hate MS as much as the next guy (I don't run it at all at home, although it is available via dual boot), but this is really the fault of the pc maker/distributors. I haven't seen a single pc in the past couple of years that actually came

Re: [newbie] NEW EMAIL LIST INSTRUCTIONS

2003-07-09 Thread Frank Roberts - SOTL
Lets see now. KDE KMail Settings Configure POP Filter New Filter Any Header Contains NEW EMAIL LIST INSTRUCTIONS delete mail from server Apply OK Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] NEW EMAIL LIST INSTRUCTIONS

2003-07-08 Thread Frank Roberts - SOTL
On Tuesday 08 July 2003 17:55, Stephen Kuhn wrote: What - am I a serious person, or what? (Been meaning to get this up for a while, but forgot) http://thor.prohosting.com/~kilgoret/mandrake/ Cheers! Very good. Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[newbie] QMAKESPEC Configuration

2003-07-07 Thread Frank Roberts - SOTL
Hi All Being a newbie at writing programs the idea of setting up a compiler is a little bit daunting. Currently I am trying to configure QMAKESPEC as per Q3 Assistant but unfortunately I am having a bit of a comprehension problem. I would thus appreciate it if some kind person that has qmake

Re: [newbie] Canon Cameras. . .

2003-07-03 Thread Frank Roberts - SOTL
Hi All especially Greg Todd To me this is unbelievable. Md 9.1 is easer to use in one aspect than MS. No! I am not loosing my mind. Linux has always been more vestal, more stable, and more useful but more friendly never. I have a Canon s200 camera. In order to down load the images in Md

[newbie] Canon Cameras. . .

2003-07-02 Thread Frank Roberts - SOTL
Hi All I noticed Greg and Stephen posting concerning Canon Cameras so I accelerated my setup of my Canon S200 on my Thinkpad on the Mandrake 9.1 side. I connected the camera, turned it one, and started searching for how to download the pictures. First I noticed that Hard Drake found that